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Lawsuit aims to protect migrating swallows from deadly netting draped over bridges used as nesting sites
A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing transportation agencies of violating migratory bird laws by installing protective netting across two bridges in the Petaluma, Calif., area that has injured and killed...
Tags: Laws, Transportation, Environmental Issues, Highway Transportation, California Department of Transportation
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Alter CEQA but don't weaken it
Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...
Tags: Laws, Environmental Issues, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Justice System, Darrell Steinberg
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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners
An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...
Tags: Maya Rudolph, China, Princeton University, Harvard University, Beijing (China)
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Kim Kardashian hits Paris for final vacation before giving birth
Kim Kardashian is taking in the sights of Paris before giving birth. Kardashian, 32, pregnant with rapper Kanye West's baby, visited the City of Light for a "babymoon" before welcoming her child in June. And from the looks of her baby shower invitation,...
Tags: Eva Longoria, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program), Saturday Night Live (tv program), Paris (France), Kourtney Kardashian
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Restraint is the new red in China
BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...
Tags: Luxury Vehicles, Sales, Political Corruption, China, Gucci Group NV
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Ancient redwood forests evoke look of future in 'After Earth'
When producers of the upcoming science fiction movie "After Earth" wanted to create an image of what the planet might look like 1,000 years in the future, location manager Dow Griffith knew just the place. He immediately thought of the mystical...
Tags: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, M. Night Shyamalan, Jurassic Park (movie), Fiction
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Memorial Day travel expected to drop slightly for SoCal residents [video chat]
Are staycations coming back into fashion? The number of Southern Californians expected to travel at least 50 miles for the Memorial Day weekend will drop about 2.1% compared with last year. The annual forecast by the Auto Club of Southern California...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Human Interest, Memorial Day, Petroleum Industry, Holidays
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Alhambra declares '710 Day,' reaffirms support for freeway extension
Proclaiming July 10 as "710 Day" in the city, Alhambra reaffirmed its support for a controversial tunnel that would connect the Long Beach and Foothill freeways. “We as a city want to raise awareness that now is the time [the 710 freeway] can be...
Tags: Transportation, Highway Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Summer air travel prediction: crowded airports and planes
Airports will be crowded this summer and empty cabin seats extremely rare as Americans take to the skies in numbers that are expected to edge closer to the pre-recession peak. Nearly 209 million people will fly on U.S.-based airlines this summer, up 1%...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Trips and Vacations
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Nancy Daly and the road not yet taken
The PR spin on this book has been all about the “Hollywood insider,” and I suppose she was, having been married for so long to entertainment executive Bob Daly. But to Angelenos who knew her, and they were many -- and not all of them...
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Trips and Vacations, National Lampoon Incorporated, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Family
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Navy drone, in a first, is catapulted from carrier deck into flight
For the first time in naval aviation history, a drone was catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and soared into flight. The U.S. Navy conducted the test Tuesday from aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush off the Virginia coast with its X-47B...
Tags: Transportation, George H.W. Bush, Aircraft Carriers, Medical Research, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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Travel tips: Why you should pack Drano, check ATMs and carry wipes
On surf trips to Baja take a roll of toilet paper in a zip lock plastic bag, a small bottle of Drano, and cheap rubber shower sandals. While unpacking your vehicle, pour a couple of ounces of Drano in the shower drain. Wait five minutes to turn on the hot...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Trips and Vacations
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